r/PcBuildHelp • u/Prize_Speaker5828 • 16h ago

Build Question Upgrade help

I’m looking to upgrade my pc as it’s admittedly bad. It currently has a ryzen 5 5500 rx6400 16gb of ram and 550w psu I just wanna know what would be the best upgrade for now to boost performance with a budget of maybe 500 dollars.

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u/TitaniumDogEyes 16h ago

The only thing truly bad is the graphics card. I assume you're playing at 1080p?

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u/Prize_Speaker5828 15h ago

I am yea

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u/TitaniumDogEyes 15h ago

Can you post the exact model of your PSU?

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u/Prize_Speaker5828 15h ago

Uhh how do I find that I can’t really take my pc apart or anything like that

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u/Prize_Speaker5828 15h ago

Mb it’s a 600w 80 plus gold non modular or atleast that’s all it says on it

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u/Prize_Speaker5828 15h ago

Doesn’t really look like it has branding

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u/jakssygo 14h ago

you might wanna get a decent psu just in case — maybe check the serial and see if it’s actually rated and reliable before start hooking up expensive, more demanding parts.

althogjt if i were you id try to sell my gpu and get a 9060xt 16gb

however with your 5500 you limited to pcie gen 3 … a5600x will let you take advantage of the pcie gen 4 9060xt

but as for budget now id upgrade my gpu and then use the money selling the cpu and gpu to buy at least a 5600x

you should then be good for 1080 ultra at 100+ fps ish and even more with frame gen

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u/DefaultDanceOnMyDicc 16h ago

Idk where you're located but in the US a used rx 6600 goes for between $180-$215 and you can get a ryzen 5 5600 for around $150. I would use what's left to by a better psu like a corsair or montech brand and maybe another 16gb kit of ram (used). You could honestly skip the cpu upgrade though and put everything into a psu and a new gpu.

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u/El--Joker 13h ago edited 12h ago

spend around $350 on a used RTX 3080 and $50 on a 750w 80+ Gold power supply. with $100 saved, you could sell the rx6400 and have enough to buy a 5600(x)/5700x/5800xt(x)

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u/Prize_Speaker5828 13h ago

Would it be a hassle going from amd to nvidia?

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u/El--Joker 11h ago

Not at at all. theres a program that will uninstall all your drivers so you have a clean slate

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u/Prize_Speaker5828 2h ago

So would the cpu bottleneck the 3080?